Category Archives: Education

Asians In America: A Focus On Taiwanese Americans

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Tim

Recently, I covered the some of the overview of the numbers and statistics as they relate to Asian Americans in a new report from the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice). As I mentioned in the previous article, … Continue reading →

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The College Admissions Game, Part 1: Picking Schools

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Jeff

As we prepared to leave The Daughter to start her freshman year of college, she started crying. The Wife started crying also.  I was mostly numb as I wondered, how did we get to this point?  Is this the culmination … Continue reading →

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Chinese Linguist Who Created Pinyin Now a Political Dissident

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Ernie

Most Chinese American kids who inevitably take Chinese courses in high school or college learn pinyin, a phonetic way to record Chinese sounds to the Westernized alphabet. NPR has recently published an article on its 105-year-old creator, Zhou Youguang: “[He] … Continue reading →

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Meet Gabriel See, A 13 Year Old Child Prodigy

Posted on October 19, 2011 by John

When I first read about Gabriel See, he reminded me of another kid I had blogged about from the Greater Seattle area who was also a “genius,” Raymond Zheng. But as I read further, I realized that Gabriel is probably … Continue reading →

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Michelle Wie at McDonald’s 2011 Education Workshop

Posted on October 13, 2011 by John

http://youtu.be/50Rsg1yjcGg I think I first blogged about professional golfer Michelle Wie when I first spotted her in a McDonald’s commercial last June. Recently, Wie spoke at a McDonald’s sponsored Education Workshop in Queens, NY for a one day bilingual (English … Continue reading →

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Governor Jerry Brown Vetoes SB 185

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Mary

This past weekend, Jerry Brown signed and vetoed SB 185 among dozens of other bills. His official statement on his decision was the following: I wholeheartedly agree with the goal of this legislation…[However] Our constitutional system of separation of powers … Continue reading →

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Charlie Rose: Dartmouth’s Dr. Jim Yong Kim

Posted on October 10, 2011 by John

Back in 2009, we had blogged about Dartmouth hiring Dr. Jim Yong Kim as their new president – the first Asian American every to (and only the second “person of color”) lead an Ivy League university. At the time, I … Continue reading →

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Will Passage of CA’s SB 185 Affect College Admissions for APAs?

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Mary

Ever since the UC Berkeley Bake Sale that priced baked goods according to buyer’s ethnicity, the SB 185 Bill in California has become a national attention. This bill is to give underrepresented minorities the same opportunities to attend a California … Continue reading →

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The “Asian Effect” Of APAs Outperforming Others Is Not Gene Based

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Tim

There’s no doubt that Asians Americans out perform other races in elementary, middle and high school. We have plenty of test results that show Asian Americans score higher on standardized tests. In 2008, a study found that even as young … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between Asian and Western Emoticons

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Koji Steven Sakai

I love emoticons. In every single email and text I write, I try to use them at least once. Whether it’s a business email or a break up text, it doesn’t matter. For example, in a business email I may … Continue reading →

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UC Berkeley Campus Republicans Plan Race-Based Bake Sale

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Mihee

From CNN: Berkeley Campus Republicans have developed “a sliding scale where the price of the cookie or brownie depends on your gender and the color of your skin … ‘The pricing structure is there to bring attention, to cause people … Continue reading →

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Talking and Conversing Like An American

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Tim

When I took my daughter to Taiwan when she was four years old, there was one aspect about our relationship that always surprised my relatives. It was the way I talked to my daughter and always asked her opinion on … Continue reading →

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